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Apple Plans Cheaper Nano-Based iPhone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-can-make-it-smaller-they-have-the-technology dept.

bigkahunafish writes "It seems Apple is planning a cheaper version of the iPhone possibly based on the iPod Nano. This phone would be priced below $300 making it more affordable than the $500-600 iPhone. This should bring Apple phone technology into the hands of more users, though this cheaper phone could have more limited functionality. From the article: 'Sales of the [original] iPhone are expected to be limited to a small percentage of the market due to its high price tag, particularly in the United States where 85 percent of consumers tend to spend $100 or less on cell phones. But analysts forecast that a cheaper phone from Apple, which leads the digital music player market, could pose a much bigger threat to long-established phone makers such as Nokia, Motorola Inc, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Sony Ericsson, owned by Sony Corp and Ericsson.' I just hope they don't make a phone based on the iPod Shuffle."

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  1. I'm waiting for the iPhone Shuffle by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's got only one button. Press it and it dials one of your contacts at random.

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    1. Re:I'm waiting for the iPhone Shuffle by The13thSin · · Score: 5, Funny

      So... that's kinda like when I'm drunk then?

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    2. Re:I'm waiting for the iPhone Shuffle by Crazy+Man+on+Fire · · Score: 5, Funny

      So... that's kinda like when I'm drunk then?


      No, the iPhone Shuffle is no more likely to call your ex-girlfriend than it is to call any other contact.
    3. Re:I'm waiting for the iPhone Shuffle by steveo777 · · Score: 4, Funny

      That could be quite awkward when doing the drunken dial and Grandma picks up the phone...

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  2. Re:iPhone Shuffle by UnknowingFool · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it will encourage people to clean up their contact list.

    Fellow Senator, take a look at my new iPhone Shuffle. Watch me dial someone:

    Mom [skip]
    Brian Smith[skip]
    DC Madam [skip! skip! Where the hell is the delete button?!]

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  3. Circular touchpad? by hcdejong · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it's a rotary-dial phone, then?

  4. Re:Buy now... by Zonk+(troll) · · Score: 5, Funny

    How exactly did you get burned? Perhaps he burned his penis?
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  5. Oblig. by TranscendentalAnarch · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what she said.